BOWFISHING ARROW WITH A QUICK-RELEASE ARROWHEAD

• US 20200132423A1
• Filed: 12/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John Razmus II, Robert Cope
• Original Assignee: John Razmus II, Robert Cope
• Inventors: Razmus, II, John, Cope, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 11,112,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/08 Arrow heads; Harpoon heads

Abstract

An arrow comprising: an arrow shaft including a toggle movable between a first state and a second state; an arrowhead including an arrowhead body and an arrowhead tip, wherein the arrowhead body includes a first end and a second end, the second end being attached to the arrow shaft; and at least one barb vane including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally mounted to the arrowhead body at a pivot, wherein the barb vane is pivotably movable between a first configuration and second configuration; wherein, when the toggle is in the first state, the barb vane is locked in the first configuration and, when the toggle is in the second state, the barb vane is permitted to move freely into the second configuration.

Claims

1. An arrow comprising:

an arrow shaft including a toggle movable between a first state and a second state;

an arrowhead including an arrowhead body and an arrowhead tip, wherein the arrowhead body includes a first end and a second end, the second end being attached to the arrow shaft; and

at least one barb vane including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally mounted to the arrowhead body at a pivot, wherein the barb vane is pivotably movable between a first configuration and second configuration;

wherein, when the toggle is in the first state, the barb vane is locked in the first configuration and, when the toggle is in the second state, the barb vane is permitted to move freely into the second configuration.

2. The arrow of claim 1, wherein the pivot is the vertex of an angle defined by a ray of the pivot to the second end of the barb vane and the pivot to the arrow shaft, wherein the angle of the first configuration is less than the angle of the second configuration.

3. The arrow of claim 2, wherein the angle of the first configuration is ninety degrees or less and the angle of the second configuration is greater than ninety degrees.

4. The arrow of claim 1, wherein, when the toggle is in the first state, the barb vane is locked in the first configuration because the base portion of the arrow tip prevents the full rotation of the barb vane into the removable position.

5. The arrow of claim 1, wherein the arrowhead body includes at least one axial slot in the arrowhead body, wherein at least one barb is located within at least one slot.

6. The arrow in claim 5, wherein the toggle mechanism includes an L-shaped slot.

7. The arrow in claim 1 wherein the toggle is a mechanical mechanism.

8. The arrow in claim 1 wherein the toggle is an electric mechanism.

9. The arrow in claim 1 further including a mechanical linkage joining the toggle and arrowhead tip located within the arrow shaft.

10. The arrow in claim 1 further including a mechanical linkage joining the toggle and barbs located within to the arrow shaft.

11. The arrow in claim 1, further including a linkage between the toggle and barbs located external to the arrow shaft.

12. The arrow of claim 1, wherein the toggle mechanism is located at approximately the midpoint of the shaft.

13. The arrow of claim 1, wherein the toggle mechanism is located on the shaft between two to four inches distal from arrowhead.

14. An arrow comprising:

an arrow shaft including a toggle movable between a first state and a second state;

an arrowhead including an arrowhead body and an arrowhead tip, wherein the arrowhead body extends along an arrow axis between a first end and a second end, the second end being attached to the arrow shaft;

at least one barb vane including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotally mounted to a movable toggle piston, wherein the toggle piston is connected to the toggle, wherein the barb vane is pivotably movable between a first configuration and second configuration;

wherein, when the toggle is in the first state, the barb vane is locked in the first configuration and, when the toggle is in the second state, the barb vane is permitted to move freely into the second configuration.